Matt Forte, Former NFL Running Back
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Episode 171
Matt Forte played 10 seasons with the Bears and Jets from 2008-2017 and was selected to 2 Pro Bowls. He rushed for 1,000 yards 5 times in his career and is second on Chicago's list of all-time leading rushers behind the great Walter Payton.
In March of 2017, Forte announced his retirement from football with Sports Spectrum. He's currently working as an NFL analyst covering the Bears for NBC Sports Chicago and spending more time with his wife Danielle and his children.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Matt about life after football, transitioning to the next phase of life, thoughts on Vontae Davis' abrupt halftime retirement, why it's important to be ready to preach God's word wherever you go, and the importance of making time for your wife in sustaining a healthy marriage.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with former NFL |
| 0:22.8 | running back Matt Forte is brought to you by Compassion International. We're so thankful to have them as |
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| 1:23.5 | Today's guest on the podcast. |
| 1:25.2 | We've had them on a few times before, and it's great to welcome back Matt Forte, the former NFL running back here on the Sports Spectrum podcast. Matt announced his retirement on this podcast back in March of 2018 earlier this year. And this is now, you know, six months, seven months that he's been gone from football. And it's the first time |
| 1:45.7 | he tells us in the podcast that he hasn't gotten ready for a football season since he was six years |
| 1:50.9 | old. So what has the transition been like? We brought Matt on to talk about that. We also asked him |
| 1:56.8 | about his faith and how he's grown in the Lord over the past six, seven months. He even got a |
| 2:02.3 | chance to share at a recent chapel service for a preseason NFL game where he was the keynote |
| 2:08.2 | speaker and he was the guy sharing the word of God, sharing the sermon. So that was kind of out |
| 2:13.3 | of his comfort zone, but something that he's looking to do more of. And just prioritizing your |
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